by Quim Monzó · Grans Èxits · tapa dura · ISBN 9788482410012
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«L'illa de Maians» is the collection of fourteen short stories by Quim Monzó, published by Grans Èxits in hardcover (147 pages, in Catalan).
«L'illa de Maians» brings together fourteen stories in three sections; the first, «Carrer dels dies feiners», is set in Barcelona. Among the tales are «La filantropia del mobiliari», «El segrest» and «Halitosi». Critics have praised Monzó's precise, cultured and witty prose, with echoes of Kafka and Borges.
It is the third volume of narratives by Quim Monzó and won the Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Contes i Narracions.
For readers of short fiction and contemporary Catalan literature who appreciate humour and stylistic precision.
Joaquim Monzó i Gómez, also known as Quim Monzó, is a contemporary Spanish writer of novels, short stories and discursive prose, mostly in Catalan. In the early 1970s, Monzó reported from Vietnam, Cambodia, Northern Ireland and East Africa for the Barcelona newspaper Tele/eXpres. He was one of the members of the Catalan literary collective, Ofèlia Dracs. He lives in Barcelona and publishes regularly in La Vanguardia.
